Classes outside and in tents. Masks worn everywhere, even by the grotesques. Scenes from an Autumn Quarter that required some improvisation.

Two photographers show us what Autumn Quarter was like.

During a quarter when everything was different, a professor known for installation art took her painting class outside.

Two College alumni, working in New York City, sparked a global trend in tracking sustainability.

Seven anecdotes from a barrier-breaking academic career.

Songs of the University of Chicago, an unexpected pleasure in a difficult year.

During the pandemic, fourth-year Elma Ling Hoffman, an art history and religious studies major, adopts a feathered friend. 

Which Chicago neighborhood would you buy (in candle form)? 

In the run-up to the 2020 election, Jenny Holzer, EX’74, and UChicago students collaborate on an art project to get out the vote. 

“You must have patience, and a steady hand.”

At Fermilab, artist in residence Adam Nadel, AB’90, used high-energy electrons to capture portraits of the invisible natural world.

The story of Spring Quarter 2020, as told through University emails.